Autographic register



Aug. 13, 1929. w. J. WISWALL 1 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Nov. 15, 19244 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS 3, 1929. w. J. WISWALL AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERFiled Nov. 15, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 a I w iiidu ielilui lilli l l hl uI ENTOR t ATiz EYs W. J. WISWALL AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Aug. 13, 1929.

Filed Ndv. 15, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 any E w I ATTORN EYS Patented Aug.13, 192 9.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM J'. 'WISWALL, OF, PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR 'IO AMERICAN SALESBOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO,CANADA.

nutroeneiamo REGISTER.

Application filed November 15, 1924. Serial No. 750,020.

This invention relates to autographic registers and with regard to itsmore specific features to registers adapted for use wlth strips havingforms printed thereon' and control apertures bearing definite relationto the forms.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed in which the forms may be fed over a tablet in a lo manner toinsure their accurate registry in writing position.

A further objectis to provide a device of the character described inwhich the forms may be brought into substantial registry by feed rollsthen accurately positioned by cooperation with control apertures mregistry with the forms.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in partappear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangement of parts, which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scopeofthe application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the inventionreference u. should be had to the following detailed description takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the machineembodying the invention with the feeding mechanism in a position of restbetween the forms,

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the feeding mechanism,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view,

Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the registering pinsand the cam operating mechanism therefor, as on line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

' Fig. 5.is a similar view with the pins shown in the position to enterthe control apertures.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the adjustable camfor controlling the length of feed as taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a fragmental transverse section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 8 is a fragmental transverse section taken on line 88 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic section showing the selector mechanism, and

Fig. 10 is a plan view showing the form of strip which may be utilizedwith the device.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a casing having a compartment2 for the reception of a pad of supply strips and a compartment 3 forthe reception of one set of the completed records. The supply pad ispreferably in the form of a plurahty of strips each having forms printedthereon, control apertures in register with the forms, the strips beingsuperposed and interfolded zigzag to form a flat pad.

The compartment 2 preferably has the end wall 4: pivoted as at o tofacilitate the insertion of the supply pad A. A tablet 6 is supported onlugs 7 on the sidewalls 8 of the casing and guides 9, 10 and 11 arearranged to separate the different strips as they are fed from thesupply pad onto the tablet. These guides may be in the form of rodspivoted at oneside as shown at 12 and fitting at the other side intoslots 13. In this manner they may be lifted out of the way and replacedas the strips are ut in place.

A margin frame 14 is pivoted as at 14 to overlie the tablet and exposethe central portion thereof for inscription in the usual manner and thisframe may be arranged also to close a compartment 15 for the receipt ofa roll of transfer material. The mar frame'may be held in place by asuitai l d catch 15.

The feeding of the strips is accomplished primaril by a pair of rolls16, 17, which engage t e strip between them. The roll 17 preferably hasacircumference reater than the length of the form to be fe while the roll16 may be of smaller diameter.

The largerroll 17 is mounted upon a shaft 18 journaled in the side wallsof the casing, as at 19, and operated by a handle 20. The roll 17preferably positively drives the roll 16 as by intermeshing gears 21 and22 so that the 1 them.

The roll 16 and its bearings are carried in a bar 27 which may bepivoted at one side of the'frame as at 28 and held by a latch 29 uponthe other, whereby the bar may be lifted tolpermit the strips to beplaced beneath it and again replaced.

The roll 17"may be conveniently in the form of two spaced cylindricalsectional rolls 30. Mounted to rotate with the roll 17 are a pluralityof yielding pins which are arranged to be in longitudinal alignment withthe control apertures in the record strips. These pinsare spring pressedoutwardly.

The feed rolls are so designed relative to the forms to be fed as tocontinue the feed almost but not quite the length of one form, and untilthe control apertures are almost in registry with-the rolls, thereuponthe feeding by the rolls is discontinued but when the pins come oppositethe control apertures they project into them and thereafter as the shaft18 completes its revolution, these pins draw the forms by engagementwith the control apertures until the control apertures are in alignmentwith the rolls, by which time the forms are preferably in alignment uponthe writing tablet. v

As illustrated, the sectional rolls 30 are arranged in alignment with,but of wider surface area than the control apertures so that, except forthe mechanism to be described, they would continue to feed the strip,and pins 31 are mounted to slide in sockets 32 in the sections 30, beingspring pressed outwardly by springs 33.

In the specific embodiment shown, the pins 31 are positively withdrawnbelow the surface of the sectional rolls 30 at the start of the feedingmovement and are projected retract the pins and hold the same retractedwhile theprojection 35 travels on an inner circular diameter 36'of thesaid cam. As soon, however, as this projection reaches a shoulder 37,the pin is free to be urged outwardly by the spring. This cam is sotimed relative to the feeding mechanism as to insure the projection ofthe pins into the, apertures. These cams are retained against rotationby arms 38 engaging a rod 39. A

spring pressed stop 40 is provided to stop the handle at the close ofeach complete revolution and a ratchet 41 on the shaft 18 cooperateswith a pawl 42 to prevent backward rotation of the rolls.

The feed rolls are arranged to cease to make contact through the stripswhen the apertures are opposite the point at which the pins 31 are to beprojected. In the embodiment illustrated this is accomplished byproviding at each end of the shaft 18, an arcuate cam 43 of a diameterto bear upon the roll 16 to lift that roll against the pressure of thesprings 25.

Where the machine is designed to be used with a standard length of form,the cam 43 may be arranged as a fixed cam lifting the roll when theaperture had been fed to position, but when it is desired to constructthe machine to accommodate different lengths of forms, as for example,when it is desired to use a standard machine in an establishment havingdifferent forms in (lifferent departments, the cam may take the form ofa plurality of arcuate leaves 43 '43 and 43 which may be expanded fanshape to advance relative to the feeding movement the point of liftingof the roll. These arcuate leaves may be held in their adjustedpositions by suitable screws 43 and 43 operating in slots 43 and 43 Thescrew 43 screws into the segment 43 while the screw 43 screws into thesegment 43. For convenience in adjustment, the outer member 43* may becut out as shown at 43 to afford access to the screw 43".

A guide 44 maybe provided upon the underside of the cover 45 for thecompartment 3. This guide is preferably slotted as shown at 46 toreceive a selector finger about to be described.

For the purpose of refolding the lowermost strip into zigzag formationwithin the compartment 3, mechanism is provided to cause every alternatefold line to be drawn under the feed mechanism permitting the remainingfold lines to extend outwardly from the feed mechanism. By selecting theproper fold line to be thus drawn under the. feed, the strip may becaused to be refolded in the same direction in which it was originallyfolded. To accomplish this result every alternate form may be providedwith an auxiliary aperture 47 and a finger 48, may be arranged upon theshaft 18 to enter this aperture as it passes the roll 16 and by reasonof its engagement therewith, carry the form containing the aperturebelow the feed as shown at 49 in Figure 1.

As illustrated, there is provided a finger 48 pivoted as at 51 and urgedoutwardly from the shaft bya spring 52. This finger carries a controlpin 53 in position to cooperate with and be controlled by a cam 54,which may be mounted upon the inside I selecting of the tablet 6. Thiscam is of such shape as to permit the projection of the pin while,

or just after, the selecting aperture passes between the rolls, toproject through the aperture. Thereafter it continues to project throughsaid aperture until the form bearing the aperture is carriedsubstantially completely beneath the feed and its direction of folddefinitely determined.

By reason of the fact that the selecting finger 48 is spring pressedoutwardly and that only each .alternate form bears the aperture, it willbe clear that for every a ternate operation the selecting pin will beheld depressed by the unapertured form and this form will be the onewhich is intended to be folded outwardly away from the feed. It takesthis position without difficulty because of the natural bend of thepaper and because of the, direction of feed of the strip. The nextsucceeding form, however, carrying as it does the control ap- 'erture,will be drawn rearwardly beneath the feed and thus no matter how thefeeding operation may be started, the. lowermost strip will be refoldedon its original lines and in its original direction.

A pivoted arm 55 may be arranged to assist in folding the lower strip ifdesired.

The bar 27 is so arranged as to provide a housing 56 for the roll 16,which housing will be continued down adjacent to the writing tablet 6 onthe one side and the cover 45 of the secret compartment 3 on the other.A suitable guide 57 may be provided near the end of the compartment 2 tocarry the strips from the pad and guide them to the separating guiderods 9, 10 and 11.. This guide 57 may have a lateral stop 58 to'insurethe lateral positioning of the strips while a spring guide 59 maybeprovided upon the side wall of the compartment to bear against the.lateral face of the pad from the one side'to cooperate with two guidelugs 60 on the other side to insure the pad being properly positionedlaterally with respect to the machine.

The stops 60 comprise vertically disposed lugs on the side of thecompartment intended for the reception of the pad against which the sideof the pad is placed to give lateral positioning thereto while thespring guide 59 bears against the other side of the pad to hold it incontact with the lug 60.

The machine may be prepared for operation as follows:

The record leaves are placed in the compartment 2. If these be in theform of a plurality of leavessuperposed and interfolded zigzag, the padmay he slipped into the compartment to rest upon the bottom.

The guides 9, 10 and 11 may bethrown back and the strips carried overthe guide 57 are placed one by-one over the tablet and separated by theseparating guides 9, 10 and 11, and carried on to the feeding mechanismto the point where the apertures may be placed upon the pins 31, onesheet of transfer material from a roll in the compartment 15 beingoverlaid upon each strip except the top.

The lowermost sheet has its foremost end beyond the guide pins 31deflected downwardly into the compartment 3 by the guide 44, and theremaining sheets are carried over the cover 45 and the bar 27 is broughtdown and latched in place as shown. The machine is now ready foroperation.

The operation is as follows:

Upon depression with'the thumb of the spring pressed stop 40, the handle20 may be rotated past it. At the position of rest, the roll 16 is incontact through the strips with the roll sections 30. Thus when thehandle 20 is turned, the forms are fed forward until near the completionof a revolution then the cams 43 lift the upper roller out of engagementwith the lower, whereupon the feeding movement by the rolls ceases. Thecams are so adjusted that at this time the apertures in the strip aresubstantially in the by reason of the fact that the projection 35reaches the shoulder 37 of the cam 34, the pins are projected throughthe apertures.

A further turning of the handle brings the cylindrical surface of thepins into engagement with the lateral edges of the control apertures andthereafter the forms are fed by the pins bearing against the controlapertures to bring the forms into accurate registry upon the tablet,whereupon the handle comes into contact with the stop.

It has heretofore been proposed to operate a plurality of strips by aroller to feed the strip a distance less than the length of a form andthereafter to discontinue the feed by lifting one roll by a cam,whereupon fixed tapered pins upon the roll engage apertures in the,strips forthe purpose of continuing the feed of the strips toregistering position. Such'operation, however, has not beensatisfactory. This may in part be due to the fact that the pins arebrought into and out of the apertures by a movement circumferential tothe roll and hence not normal to the strip. The surface of the pin mustbe tapered to avoid tearing of the strip whereas the operation of suchtapered pin does not satisfactorily bring the forms into registry.

It will be observed by reason of the fact that in accordance with thisinvention, the pins move radially relative to the roller. Hence theyproject through the apertures normal to the face of the strips. 4

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction anddifferent embodiments of the invention could be made without departmentfrom the'scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements ofthe scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising in combination, apair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spacedcontrol apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fedthe strips a distance less than the longitudinal distance betweencontrol apertures, pins spring pressed outwardly into position to enterthe control apertures of said strips on commencement of a feedingmovement, means to release said pins so that they may be projectedoutwardly into said apertures when the feeding movement of said rolls iscompleted, and means to advance said pins in the direction of feed ofthe strip to complete the feed.

2. A device of the character described, comprising, in combination, apair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spacedcontrol apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fedthe strips 9. distance less than the longitudinal distance betweencontrol apertures, substantially radial pins on one of said rolls,spring pressed outwardly in osition to be in registry with the other 0said rolls at the beginning of'a feeding movement, means to positivelyretract said pins on commencement of a feeding movement, means torelease said pins when the pins come opposite the apertures to projectthe same through the apertures normal to the strip, and

means to advance said pins in the direction of feed of the strip tocomplete the feed.

3. A device of the character described, comprising, in combination, apair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spacedcontrol apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fedthe strips a distance less than the longitudinal distance betweencontrol apertures, substantially radial pins on one of said rolls,spring pressed outwardly, in position to be in registry with the otherof said rolls at the beginning of a feeding movement, said pins beingadapted to project through, the control apertures normal to the strip,means positively to retract said pins on commencement of a feedingmovement, means to release said pins so'that they may be projectedoutwardly by spring pressure into said apertures after a predeterminedfeeding movement of'said rolls, and means to advance said pins in thedirection of feed of -the strip to complete the feed.

'4. A device of the character described, comprising in combination, apair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spacedcontrol apertures, an operating shaft for one of said rolls, means fordisengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips a distance of lessthan the longitudinal distance between control apertures, com-prising acam for effecting separating movement between the rolls and said camcomprising a plurality of adjustable leaves to vary the circumferentialdistance through which said cam operates, one of said cam leaves beingcarried by and fixed to said roll shaft for rotation therewith and theother cam leaves being rotatably .mounted upon said roll shaft andconnected for angular adjustment with reference to said fixed cam leaf,pins spring pressed outwardly into position to be in registry with theother of said rolls at the'beginning of tudinally spaced controlapertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the stripsa distance less than the longitudinal distance between controlapertures, pins 011 one of said rolls, sprin pressed outwardly inposition to be in registry with the other of said rolls at the beginningof a feeding movement, a circumferential cam adapted to retract saidpins after the have passed the other roll and permit their projectionjust before reaching the roll, means to positively retract said pins oncommencement of a feeding movement, means to release said pins when thefeeding movement of said rolls is completed, and means to advance saidpins in the direction of feed of the strip to complete thesame.

6. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pair ofrolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spaced controlapertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the stripsa predetermined distance, an operating shaft carrying one of said rolls,a strip aligning pin carried by said roll shaft and spring pressedoutwardly into position to enter the control apertures of said strips,

a pin retracting cam carried by said roll shaft and non-rotatablyanchored thereon, an operating connection between said cam and pin topositively retract the latter at predetermined intervals upon rotationof said roll shaft and to release said pin so that it may be projectedoutwardl by spring pressure into said apertures a ter a. prede- 10termined feeding movement of said rolls, and means to advance said pinin the direction of strip feed to complete the feed of said strip.

i In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM J. WISWALL.

